In New Hampshire, one church is already working to help pick up the pieces.

As soon as members of the Manchester Christian Church saw the images of the Midwest tornadoes’ devastation, they volunteered to help.

A tornado in Washington, Ill., was an EF4 with winds up to 190 mph, according to preliminary reports.

Hundreds of miles away, church members in Manchester have begun planning to help the families affected.

“I was sitting on my couch watching images and across my phone, Facebook, messages saying, ‘OK, when are we going?’” said Lisa Mazur of the Manchester Christian Church.

The church helped in Oklahoma after a deadly tornado and in Colorado following flooding. Now church members said they want to head to the Midwest right after Thanksgiving to help with long days of debris pickup, construction and comforting families.

“You can never fully prepare,” said Jeremy Peterson, pastor of the Manchester Christian Church. “(We will) offer any kind of hope we can.”

The church will give out gift cards to home improvement stores. People can send gift cards to the church on Wellington Road to help families get back on their feet for the holidays.